Title: Questions about if shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Questions about if shortcode

 *  Resolved [gpalowitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gpalowitch/)
 * (@gpalowitch)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/questions-about-if-shortcode/)
 * Hi Eliot,
 * I have a couple questions about the if shortcode.
 * First, How many nested if are possible?
 * Second, I tried to use [if field=”title” value=”A” start=”true”] to filter out
   all non-A titles. For some reason it is not working. Is it a syntax error on 
   my part or something else? Additionally, can only the first character be evaluated
   or can it search multiple characters, such as the first two?
 * Thanks,
    Garrett
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-shortcode/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-shortcode/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/)
 * (@miyarakira)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/questions-about-if-shortcode/#post-5350567)
 * Hello,
 * 1) For now, there’s [-if] and [–if].
 * 2) Good point – the field parameter was only checking custom fields. In the latest
   update, I enabled predefined fields for the [if] shortcode, so the code you used
   should now work as expected.
 * 3) You can check multiple characters with start. I also added a way to write 
   it simpler:
 *     ```
       [if field="title" start="The"]
       ```
   

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